Dr. Siva Rama Krishnan

Scientist, Responsible for a collaborative research project. • Delivered a state-of-the-art experimental workstation for ionization studies; Opto-mechanical design (OSLO), fabrication and testing. • Nanoparticles, plasmon dynamics, 5-femtosecond (fs) infrared and soft x-ray synchrotron pulses. • Implemented: versatile data analysis console in Matlab & C++ ; Hardware interfacing in LabView; • Piloted a collaboration with 4 major research groups across Germany & India.

Full-time position for Masters' level instruction and research into projects funded by agencies of the Govt. of India. • Developed product prototypes for optical limiting using carbon nanotubes and inorganic nanomaterials. • Secured funding and delivered for two innovation projects (5,000,000 INR ≈ 80 000 euros): (i) “Development of Nanomaterials for Optical Limiting,” for Naval Research Board, India (2007). (ii) “Innovative programme (nanoscience),” for University Grants Commission, India.

Visiting/Guest scientist involved in the development of: • Imaging microplasmas by phase-contrast: innovative alignment-free technique using picosecond pulses. • Numerical solution (Matlab & C++): nonlinear fs pulse propagation; Split-step Fourier technique; Nonlinear Schrödinger equation.

Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics; Femtosecond dynamics; Nonlinear optics; Plasmas; Clusters, Nanoparticles & cryogenic He nanodroplets; Plasmons; Time-of-flight ion mass spectrometry - ion optics, design and detection metholodogies; Ultra-high-vacuum technology.

Photonics: Optics, Imaging, Nonlinear optics, Spectroscopy, Femtosecond dynamics.